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AUTOMOBILE LAMP.

APPLIOATION F1LEnNov-e. 1912.

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AUTOMOBLB LAMP.

APPLIGATION FILED Nov. s, 1912.

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AUTOMOBILE-LAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

Application led November 8, 1912. Serial No. 730,287.

T0 all 'whom t may concern Be. it known that I, OSCAR ONEAL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fremont, in the county of Newaygo and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Automobile-Lamps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to lamps for auto* mobiles and other self-propelled vehicles, the object being to provide a lam of the class ordinarily known as headlig ts, embodying a novel construction and arrangement of parts, by means of which the rays of lightlare transmitted laterally from the lamp, as well as directly ahead, the stronger rays being, however, directed through the front of the lamp, so as to illuminate the roadway in front of the machine.

One of the principal objects of the present invention is to provide the lamp with a series of removable transparent panels, usually of glass, combined with a.novel arrangement of hinged door and a bar which is common to both panels, whereby the latter are securely held in place when the lamp is closed.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a lamp, embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section through the lamp, looking toward the rear. Fig. 4 is a vertical fore and aft section through the lamp. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the door detached, showin the two door sections separated.

The amp contemplated in this invention comprises a suitable case, having a top 1, a bottom 2, a back 3, and a side 4, the latter being rounded or semi-cylindrical in shape, and having secured t-o the inside thereof upper and lower grooved guides 5, which receive the top and bottom edges of a reflector 6 which is thus made removable, the upper and lower guides being connected by and formed integrally with a sheet metal backing piece 7 which forms a protection for the reflector. The bottom 2 is provided with air inlet perforations 8 covered on the inside by hoods 9 provided with a large number of perforations 10 to allow the necessary draft of air through the bottom of the case.

The top l of the case is formed with a large vent hole 11 covered by a hood 12 having formed in the opposite sides thereof perforations 13 to allow the smoke and heat to escape. y

14 designates the usual, acetylene burner arranged within the lamp and supported on the bottom thereof by an upstanding tube 15 passing through the bottom of the lamp and provided with a nipple 16 adapted to receive rubber tubing, throu h which the acetylene gas is lead to the urner in the usual way. i

Within the lamp case and, at. the back thereof is a combined concave-convex lens holder and reflector 17 having arranged in front. thereof a double convex lens 18, the combined holder and reflector being secured to the back of the lamp and embodying a split lens clamping band 18 adapted to clamp the lens in place over the' front of the reflector. This clamping band is provided with outwardly extending ears 19, through which passes a clamping bolt 20 provided with a nut 21 having sockets 22 in the outer edge thereof adapted to receive a pin or spanner, by means of which said nut may be turned for loosening or tightening the band.

The outer side of the lamp is cut away to form a window opening 23, and along the topl and bottom edges of the window o ening and at the rear edge thereof are s eet metal guides 24 adapting a glass panel 25 to be removably fitted therein. The giiides at the top and bottom of the window opening are obliquely slit, as shown at 26, to form a plurality of yielding lingers 27 which serve to engage the glass panel adjacent to the top and bottom edges thereof for holding said panel in place and preventing the same from rattling. At the front of the case is a hinged door, comprising the main section 29 and a smaller section 3() which is hinged directly to the lamp case. Upon its inner side, the main section 29 is provided at the top and bottom with guides 31 for a removable glass panel 32, and the said guides are formed with inclined or oblique slits, thereby forming series of spring fingers 33 which serve to bind the 'glass panel in place and prevent the same from rattling.

The smaller section 30 of the door embodies top and bottom sockets 34 which receive the adjacent portion of the main section 29 of the door, the two sections 29 and 30 being secured together by screws inserted 5 through the holes 34, as shown.

designates a bar which Connects the top and bottom sockets 34, the said bar 35 being L-shaped in cross section so as to engage the outer end of the glass panel in the .1f door and prevent the same from escaping from its position. When the door is closed, the bar 35 lies across the edge of the side glass panel, and thus forms a common stop or bar for the two glass panels, when the it. door of the lamp is closed, preventing the accidental dislodgment of both of said panels. By opening the door and detach ing the main section 29 of the door, both glass panels may be easily slid out of place 20 and cleaned or renewed when broken.

The lamp is equipped at opposite sides with attaching lugs 36 having openings 37 to receive the forked ends of the usual lamp supporting bracket now in common use on automobiles and similar vehicles.

What is claimed is: f

1. A vehicle lamp, comprising a casing,

a removable side glass panel slidable in guideways opening out at the front of the casing, a door hinged to the front of the casing on a vertical axis, a glass panel slidable in guideways on said door and also removable, and a panel retaining bai' on the door common to both the side and door panels when the door is closed.

2. A vehicle lamp, comprising a casing, a removable side glass panel sldable in guideways opening out at the front of the casing, a door hinged to the front of the casing on a vertical axis, a glass panel slidable in guideways on said door and also removable, and a panel retaining bar o1 the door common to both the side and door panels when the door is closed, the door' embodying separable sections, one of which carries the panel retaining bar.

In testimony whereof I allix my signa-- ture in presence of two Witnesses.

OSCAR lON EAL.

Witnesses HUBERT DAGEN, PATRICK CARMoDY. 

